This Is Me About Once A Week

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I loved working on this painting! It took me around 17 hours, but I recorded the process and made a video that you can watch on YouTube (here’s a link!) 💜

It was a lot of fun to paint again! But I think I’m going to return to drawing and designing characters for a little while before starting another 😬 haha 💕

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One stilty boy i finished awhile back

Hmmmm hm. Okay. Worldbuilding/story idea.

One million years after humanity disappears, octopi and ravens have independently developed sapience. And one day an octopus child and an elder raven meet at the edge of the ocean.

Where is your mother and father? asks the raven. I have no mother or father, says the octopus, blushing pale. All octopi are children. Once we’re grown, we will mate and we will die. It is the first and the last thing our mothers tell us.

But that’s horrible, says the raven. It’s not all bad, says the octopus. We play, we hunt, we make games for ourselves in the deep. Yes, but who remembers your songs? the raven says. Who passes down your stories?

What is a story? the octopus asks.

And the raven thinks about this question. And finally it says: A story is how you remember things in the past. It is how you know where you come from, and what happened before you were born. A story can be a warning, or it can be advice, or it can be a silly joke told to make you feel good. Someone remembers the story and tells it to the next generation, who remember the story and tells it to the generation after them.

And the octopus thinks about this answer. And finally it says: Can you tell me a story?

And the raven tells the octopus a story. And it’s a good story. And the next day the octopus returns and asks for another. The next day it brings its octopus friends, and the raven brings its raven friends, and many stories are shared on the edge of the ocean.

Months later, the octopus returns to the raven. I am grown, it says. I am returning to the sea to find a mate and lay my brood. I will not be coming back. I’m sorry.

I will miss your company, says the raven.

I have one thing to ask you, says the octopus. In time my children will come to the edge of the ocean. I would like you to tell them a story I have made. And when they have stories of their own, I would like your children to remember them and pass them down to my children’s children.

Of course, says the raven. What is your story about?

And the octopus thinks, and says: It is about an octopus child and an elder raven who meet at the edge of the ocean.

And this story has been passed down to this day.

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Well damn consider me persuaded

Scalding hot take y’all aren’t ready for: Chell and GLaDOS were in fact in lesbians, but Chell was the domme and GLaDOS was the bratty sub.

Think about it: the entire game, GLaDOS runs her mouth taunting Chell as Chell calmly and slowly approaches, avoiding all of GLaDOS’s attempts to stop her, until they finally meet in person and Chell puts GLaDOS in her place.

Then in the sequel GLaDOS is back to bratting again but the moment GLaDOS is in real trouble, Chell immediately shifts into caretake domme mode to protect the sad potato that is her girlfriend (and honestly, in my experience, sad potato is a perfect description for someone going through sub drop).

Then once GLaDOS is doing better and the source of her discomfort (the obnoxious man who tried to insert himself into their dynamic before Chell dealt with him) is gone, they immediately resume their normal dynamic.

Tell me how any of that reads like Chell as the sub, hmmm?

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Pale Eyed Queen

“Fret not. I will liberate you from the pain of living.“

I finished tma a few months ago and can't stop thinking about it 😭

Cleaned this old piece after re-listening to tma :)

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